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	In-flight Wi-Fi struggling to gain altitude At first blush, it's another one of those, "Sure, it will happen ... eventually," type of situations. I mean does anyone envision a commercial air fleet without Internet service 20 years down the runway? Read More WEBCAST: HP, Microsoft & Intel HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance Optimized for Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2, the preinstalled, pretuned HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance simplifies database infrastructure management, improves resource utilization, and reduces costs resulting in exceptional levels of return. Learn more In this Issue Google 'ready to lay fiber' in Kansas City 25 techie Valentine's Day gift ideas Researchers layer an electronic junction into optical fiber Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership Riverbed's Granite speeds up WAN storage to drive consolidation FCC overhauls telephone subsidy for the poor, adding broadband WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Can you deploy a new application in days rather than months? In this executive Q&A, Cloud Luminary and PGi CTO David Guthrie discusses how the cloud computing platform helped his company scale up immediately by getting his applications running efficiently in a matter of days, rather than months. Learn More Google 'ready to lay fiber' in Kansas City Google's grand fiber network experiment is now one step closer to becoming a reality as the company announced that it is "ready to lay fiber" in Kansas City, Kan. Read More 25 techie Valentine's Day gift ideas From subtle geekery to blatantly techie devices, Valentine's Day gifts suit a range of personalities Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Comparison of Avaya and ShoreTel UC Solutions Whether you need to build a business case for a UC system, or are ready to select a new solution, this white paper offers a thorough, side-by-side comparison of ShoreTel and Avaya offerings to help you make informed decisions. Read now! Researchers layer an electronic junction into optical fiber Pennsylvania State University researchers have devised a technique for embedding an electronic junction directly into optical fiber, which potentially paves the way for more streamlined optical components. Read More Cisco CTO: Software integration will drive intelligent networks Networking giant Cisco plans to make software one of the company's "core competencies", with the aim of creating a networking operating system that is more intelligent and contextualised. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Making the Promise of Cloud a Reality Whether a business builds out its own cloud or buys cloud services from someone else, they need to be sure the end results are optimized for the speed users require. This paper identifies where the limitations of cloud computing exist and provides actionable strategies to unleash cloud performance. Read now! Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership LightSquared founder Philip Falcone's response to ethics allegations by a U.S. senator sheds some light on a strange chapter in the carrier's ongoing bid to build a controversial cellular data network. Read More Riverbed's Granite speeds up WAN storage to drive consolidation Riverbed Technology plans to make enterprise data centers look like local storage at branch offices with Granite, a new accelerator technology the company is announcing on Wednesday. Read More FCC overhauls telephone subsidy for the poor, adding broadband The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has approved an overhaul to its Lifeline program, which subsidizes telephone service for poor people, with the goals of saving money and allowing the subsidy to go toward broadband service. Read More
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